Ashington Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 964 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.1
Academy sponsor led
The Blyth Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 766of 1,100 places
- Free school meals
- 50.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 145
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained, 9 April 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Blyth Community College (URN 132189, until 7 August 2013).
What the data says
The Blyth Academy has no sixth form. Of the 141 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 45% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
15% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Fine Art is unusually popular at GCSE: 27% of the year group took it, against 9% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 49.2 against 46.1 across England and 44.0 in Northumberland, with 59% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Northumberland and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | The Blyth Academy | Northumberland | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 141 | 3,151 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 77% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 72% | 81% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 25% | 43% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| — further education college | 45% | 36% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 6% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 15% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 8% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | The Blyth Academy | Northumberland | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 49.2 | 44.0 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 59% | 42% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 72% | 63% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 39% | 32% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.43 | 3.82 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 38% | 27% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 41.3 | 30.9 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 54.1 | 48.9 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 3% | 3% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 143 | 99% | 88% | 28% | 22% | 74% |
| English Language | 143 | 99% | 89% | 32% | 20% | 79% |
| English Literature | 142 | 98% | 86% | 32% | 21% | 85% |
| Combined Science | 125 | 86% | 65% | 21% | 9% | 71% |
| History | 66 | 46% | 41% | 24% | 26% | 65% |
| Geography | 62 | 43% | 41% | 31% | 25% | 76% |
| French | 56 | 39% | 18% | 21% | 29% | 96% |
| Fine Art | 39 | 27% | 9% | 8% | 28% | 77% |
| Chemistry | 14 | 10% | 23% | 100% | 47% | 100% |
| Biology | 14 | 10% | 23% | 100% | 45% | 100% |
| Physics | 14 | 10% | 23% | 100% | 46% | 100% |
| Spanish | 1 | 1% | 19% | — | 27% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 54 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 41 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 32 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 25 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 23 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 12 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 5 | — | — |
Where The Blyth Academy is
Other secondary schools in Northumberland are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Northumberland’s allocation statistics.
Other secondary schools in Northumberland
Bede Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 2,030 pupils
79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.9
Bedlington Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 822 pupils
76% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.4
Berwick Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 601 pupils
73% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.3
Coquet Community School
Community school · sixth form · 567 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 34.9
Cramlington Learning Village
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,989 pupils
80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.7
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.